Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

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Canadian Screen Award film award

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is a major Canadian film honor recognizing the year’s most outstanding lead performance by a male actor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor	3
Canadian Film Award for Best Actor	2
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8782356 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Context triple: [Jacob Tremblay, awardReceived, Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]

A. Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is a major Canadian television award recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in ongoing dramatic series.
B. Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is a major Canadian television acting honor recognizing outstanding lead performances by actresses in ongoing dramatic series.
C. Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a Danish film award presented annually by the Danish Film Academy to honor the year’s most outstanding male lead performance in Danish cinema.
D. Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Danish film award presented annually by the Danish Film Academy to honor the year’s outstanding leading female performance in a Danish film.
E. Canadian Screen Award
The Canadian Screen Award is a prestigious Canadian accolade recognizing excellence in film, television, and digital media production.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Target entity description: The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is a major Canadian film honor recognizing the year’s most outstanding lead performance by a male actor.

A. Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is a major Canadian television award recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in ongoing dramatic series.
B. Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is a major Canadian television acting honor recognizing outstanding lead performances by actresses in ongoing dramatic series.
C. Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a Danish film award presented annually by the Danish Film Academy to honor the year’s most outstanding male lead performance in Danish cinema.
D. Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Danish film award presented annually by the Danish Film Academy to honor the year’s outstanding leading female performance in a Danish film.
E. Canadian Screen Award
The Canadian Screen Award is a prestigious Canadian accolade recognizing excellence in film, television, and digital media production.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian Screen Award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor ⓘ linked to: Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
awardCategoryOf	Canadian Screen Awards for film ⓘ linked to: Canadian Screen Awards ceremony
awardLevel	national film award ⓘ
categoryType	acting award ⓘ lead actor award ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	Toronto ⓘ
ceremonyType	televised award ceremony ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
eligibility	lead acting roles ⓘ performances in Canadian feature films ⓘ
formerName	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	male ⓘ
hasAwardedFor	comedic performances ⓘ dramatic performances ⓘ
hasComponent	nomination list ⓘ winner announcement ⓘ
hasCriterion	artistic merit of performance ⓘ impact of performance within the film ⓘ overall excellence in lead acting ⓘ
inception	2013 ⓘ
industry	film ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canadian film industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	cinema ⓘ
notableFeature	recognizes individual acting achievement rather than a film as a whole ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television ⓘ linked to: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
partOf	Canadian Screen Awards ⓘ linked to: Canadian Screen Award
presentedBy	Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television ⓘ linked to: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
presentedFor	best lead performance by a male actor in a Canadian film ⓘ outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
relatedAward	Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture ⓘ linked to: Canadian Screen Award Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role ⓘ Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
replaced	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television ⓘ
significance	one of the top acting honors in Canadian cinema ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	previous calendar year of film releases ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacob Tremblay → awardReceived → Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Lyriq Bent → nominatedFor → Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor ⓘ